Saturday, November 21, 2009

SketchCrawl #25

My "minimalist" sketching kit

SketchCrawl, the international drawing marathon, took place today, and four of us participated. I decided to go "minimalist" and take the smallest set of supplies I thought I could get away with. Here it is: the smallest -- 3 1/2" x 5 1/2" -- of the Moleskine watercolor sketchbooks, a tiny toystore tin I filled with Winsor&Newton watercolors, a waterbrush, tissues, pen, pencil and eraser. What's so cool about this is I can tuck it all in the little pouch on the left and carry it wherever I go.

Our destination was the Atlanta Botanical Garden. Here's the entrance...an overly-detailed study, but I was killing time waiting for fellow artists to show up.

The Henry Moore sculptures were still in place at the Garden. Set into rocks and vegetation, they looked like aboriginal totems.

The Japanese Garden is a tranquil place, and I could have sketched there all morning.

Just before lunch I dashed off this last sketch of the big fountain near the cafe where we all would soon be meeting for lunch.

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About Me

I've been drawing and painting since childhood. Now a professional, full-time artist, I've been keeping illustrated journals for 16 years. I work primarily in watercolor and mixed media, and have been happily teaching adults to draw and paint, too, for more than 25 years. I offer drawing and painting workshops for adults primarily in the Southeast. To find out about upcoming workshops and to see my other work, please check out my website: www.brandenburgerstudios.com